Twitter takes aim at Instagram with its own shot at photo filters

It might look like just a tint of color on top of a smartphone photo, but Twitter’s reported foray into the territory of photo-sharing and filtering could be a huge move for the social network as it continues to look for ways to grow its revenue and influence. Nick Bilton at the New York Times reports that Twitter will soon be adding the ability to filter photos before uploading them to the service, mimicking Instagram’s secret sauce and potentially making Facebook’s pricey acquisition less valuable.